Welcome to Food Week August 2, 2024. We are here for you health, steering you to unsaturated fats, kelp, salmon and some processed foods and away from (most) yogurt, teflon, corn syrup, non-alcoholic tap beer and roasted eel from department stores. And much more. Enjoy!
MACRO
- The job market cools considerably.
- The overturning of the Chevron doctrine may lead to less innovation and growth in food industry, in addition to reducing food safety, etc.
- The food at the Olympic Village is not so hot. It appears that commiments to organic and local sourcing stressed the supply. And not enough eggs!
RETAIL AND CONSUMER
- Are consumers really shifting to healthier, more natural foods? Maybe and it is making producers like Pepsi nervous.
- Kraft Heinz already feeling it, cutting revenue outlook at 2.4% for rest of the year.
- The days of just raising prices are long gone…
- There is not a lot of difference nutritionally between ice cream and most yogurt.
RESTAURANTS AND FOODSERVICE
- In a surprising result, fast casual chain Qdoba ranked #1 in reader fast casual poll.
- A history of Yelp and its impact on the restaurant.
- Meanwhile, Bucca de Beppo is struggling badly.
- Chefs hate the word fusion.
- When I look for roasted eel, I don’t think department store…
FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN
- Climate change challenges many crops. And prices will go higher. Related, it’s not just climate change that is killing the Florida orange.
- Consolidation: 65% of diary farmers left the industry while production increased 1/3rd.
- WIll state fair season accelerate spread of H5N1 (Avian Influenza)?
- Kelp is a fantastic food but difficult to harvest and lacking in infra-structure.
- Study proves US pork free of Trichnella which improves arguments for exportation.
- The first approval for lab grown meat in the EU.
DRINK CORNER
- The secret liquor recipes of Indian royalty.
- A $50 bottle of Borubon chosen as Double Gold at Singapore Spirit Competition: 1792 Full Proof a non-chill filtered bourbon with 125 proof,
- Bourbon iced tea. And the Batanga again.
- Non-alcoholic beers on tap have microbial risks not found with their alcoholic brethren.
- A run down of the shelf life of liquors.
FOOD WEEK AUGUST 2 LAGNIAPPE
- Do not bring your own food into a theater in New Zealand.
- Is teflon flu a real thing? The history of the George Foreman grill.
- Ingesting processed corn syrup muy no bueno. 5 processed foods that are good for you.
- The argument for unsaturated fats (eggs, olive oil avocado) as a regiment for heart health. A guide to types and sourcing salmon to maximize nutritional value.
- You are putting away your cereal wrong. Here is the right way.
- Tips for proper use of your charcoal grill.